The Problem
Layoffs are happening everywhere, but the hiring market does not wait for a polished LinkedIn post.
By the time the news reaches a broad audience, the strongest candidates may already have several conversations open. Meanwhile, hiring teams are still rewriting job descriptions, refreshing feeds, and trying to understand who is actually available.
That timing gap is the opportunity behind Pivot.
Introducing Pivot
Pivot is a real-time talent intelligence project that watches layoff signals 24-72 hours before LinkedIn lights up and matches affected talent with companies hiring for those exact skills.
For job seekers, the goal is simple: get alerted and matched to open roles within hours of a layoff, not days.
For hiring teams, Pivot helps identify when relevant talent enters the market before everyone else is competing for the same people.
Fast alerts
Alerts are designed to arrive within one hour of major layoff announcements.
Skill overlap
Role matches focus on at least two overlapping skills instead of generic keyword matching.
Less feed-refreshing
The workflow is automated so people do not need to keep refreshing news and social feeds.
Two-sided market
Pivot is built for both job seekers and hiring teams, simultaneously.
The Build
This started from a practical constraint: if we had $100 in Linkup credits and $100 in Lovable credits, what would be worth building?
The answer was not a tiny AI toy or a generic dashboard. We wanted to build something that reacts to a real market signal, uses timing as a product advantage, and can help people during a stressful career transition.
Pivot turns layoff awareness into a matching loop:
- Detect layoff signals early.
- Understand the affected company, role families, and likely skill groups.
- Compare those skills with companies hiring now.
- Alert job seekers and hiring teams when the match is relevant.
Why It Matters
Layoffs are painful, but the information around them is also fragmented and slow. A person may need a new role immediately. A hiring team may need exactly that person’s skills. The market has the signal, but the connection often arrives too late.
Pivot is our attempt to make that connection faster and more useful.
What’s Next
We are looking for honest feedback from job seekers, recruiters, founders, and hiring managers. The most useful questions now are practical ones: how precise should alerts be, what skill data matters most, and when does a match feel timely enough to act on?
From layoff signal to relevant match, faster.